Chance at the 53-man roster: Next to none
Chance at the practice squad: Low

James McCray is from small school, Catawba, and I'm not going to pretend I know anything about him. Going off what I know, I know the team's not going to keep more than 5 safeties, and Reid, Bethea, Ward, Spillman, Dahl, and Ventrone are all going to be above him barring some incredible showing in camp/preseason. In terms of the practice squad, there's only a small chance the team will keep 2 DBs on the practice squad (2 OL are needed, and from there a QB, HB/FB, WR/TE, DL, LB, and DB could all be possible), and I can't imagine he's at the top of that list right now either.

McCray did lead his team in kick return yardage at Catawba and averaged 32.5 yards on his returns. That might be where he needs to make a difference to stick around._________________

I have Chase Thomas relatively low as there are clearly a lot of linebackers ahead of him on the deph chart already, and ones with more promise at that. He earned his spot on the roster after the most recent local prospect tryouts, which you can look at in one of two ways. It's either a good thing that he showed promise enough for the team to want to work with him further - or - it's a bad thing because he was picked up later than just about everyone else to fill out the roster. I'm leaning more toward the latter. As for the practice squad - it's hard to say he doesn't have a chance, but he bounced around a lot of teams' squads last year and isn't someone I expect on the squad at any point.

Thoams was All-Pac-12 First Team his senior year, and an All-American in 2011._________________

I have Chase Thomas relatively low as there are clearly a lot of linebackers ahead of him on the deph chart already, and ones with more promise at that. He earned his spot on the roster after the most recent local prospect tryouts, which you can look at in one of two ways. It's either a good thing that he showed promise enough for the team to want to work with him further - or - it's a bad thing because he was picked up later than just about everyone else to fill out the roster. I'm leaning more toward the latter. As for the practice squad - it's hard to say he doesn't have a chance, but he bounced around a lot of teams' squads last year and isn't someone I expect on the squad at any point.

Thoams was All-Pac-12 First Team his senior year, and an All-American in 2011.

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I have Chase Thomas relatively low as there are clearly a lot of linebackers ahead of him on the deph chart already, and ones with more promise at that. He earned his spot on the roster after the most recent local prospect tryouts, which you can look at in one of two ways. It's either a good thing that he showed promise enough for the team to want to work with him further - or - it's a bad thing because he was picked up later than just about everyone else to fill out the roster. I'm leaning more toward the latter. As for the practice squad - it's hard to say he doesn't have a chance, but he bounced around a lot of teams' squads last year and isn't someone I expect on the squad at any point.

Thoams was All-Pac-12 First Team his senior year, and an All-American in 2011.

not positive but his tryout was not the same as the local pro day one. it was after that. which would be the reason he was also signed after

Ahh, my bad, then. I thought it was part of the same tryout session._________________

This might be one of the first shocks of the list, but again - it's not ranking all the players ahead of him as better players - just ones more likely to make a contribution. Seeing as the first time around, Josh Johnson was released in favor of Scott Tolzien, and seeing as we're likely to keep only 2 QBs on the 53-man squad, it seems like a safe bet that Josh Johnson won't find his way onto the squad (Kaep's a duh, and Gabbert's contract is already guaranteed). Even if the team decided to go with 3, I'd have to imagine if they were more intrigued by Tolzien's potential over Johnson, they'd be more intrigued by McLeod Bethel-Thompson's as well. His one opportunity might be if Kaepernick went down with a preseason injury of any kind (knocking hard on wood), and the team wanted a veteran to be on the roster while he recovered._________________

This might be one of the first shocks of the list, but again - it's not ranking all the players ahead of him as better players - just ones more likely to make a contribution. Seeing as the first time around, Josh Johnson was released in favor of Scott Tolzien, and seeing as we're likely to keep only 2 QBs on the 53-man squad, it seems like a safe bet that Josh Johnson won't find his way onto the squad (Kaep's a duh, and Gabbert's contract is already guaranteed). Even if the team decided to go with 3, I'd have to imagine if they were more intrigued by Tolzien's potential over Johnson, they'd be more intrigued by McLeod Bethel-Thompson's as well. His one opportunity might be if Kaepernick went down with a preseason injury of any kind (knocking hard on wood), and the team wanted a veteran to be on the roster while he recovered.

You're totally overlooking his value as a receiver..._________________

This might be one of the first shocks of the list, but again - it's not ranking all the players ahead of him as better players - just ones more likely to make a contribution. Seeing as the first time around, Josh Johnson was released in favor of Scott Tolzien, and seeing as we're likely to keep only 2 QBs on the 53-man squad, it seems like a safe bet that Josh Johnson won't find his way onto the squad (Kaep's a duh, and Gabbert's contract is already guaranteed). Even if the team decided to go with 3, I'd have to imagine if they were more intrigued by Tolzien's potential over Johnson, they'd be more intrigued by McLeod Bethel-Thompson's as well. His one opportunity might be if Kaepernick went down with a preseason injury of any kind (knocking hard on wood), and the team wanted a veteran to be on the roster while he recovered.

This might be one of the first shocks of the list, but again - it's not ranking all the players ahead of him as better players - just ones more likely to make a contribution. Seeing as the first time around, Josh Johnson was released in favor of Scott Tolzien, and seeing as we're likely to keep only 2 QBs on the 53-man squad, it seems like a safe bet that Josh Johnson won't find his way onto the squad (Kaep's a duh, and Gabbert's contract is already guaranteed). Even if the team decided to go with 3, I'd have to imagine if they were more intrigued by Tolzien's potential over Johnson, they'd be more intrigued by McLeod Bethel-Thompson's as well. His one opportunity might be if Kaepernick went down with a preseason injury of any kind (knocking hard on wood), and the team wanted a veteran to be on the roster while he recovered.

You're totally overlooking his value as a receiver...

Don't make me lower him to #89

Why are you still that mean to Colton Schmidt... I love the kid._________________

This might be one of the first shocks of the list, but again - it's not ranking all the players ahead of him as better players - just ones more likely to make a contribution. Seeing as the first time around, Josh Johnson was released in favor of Scott Tolzien, and seeing as we're likely to keep only 2 QBs on the 53-man squad, it seems like a safe bet that Josh Johnson won't find his way onto the squad (Kaep's a duh, and Gabbert's contract is already guaranteed). Even if the team decided to go with 3, I'd have to imagine if they were more intrigued by Tolzien's potential over Johnson, they'd be more intrigued by McLeod Bethel-Thompson's as well. His one opportunity might be if Kaepernick went down with a preseason injury of any kind (knocking hard on wood), and the team wanted a veteran to be on the roster while he recovered.

You're totally overlooking his value as a receiver...

Don't make me lower him to #89

Why are you still that mean to Colton Schmidt... I love the kid.

The weird thing is - when you said you had a Colton Schmidt jersey, I didn't think it was ridiculous. Anyone other than Colton Schmidt, Colton Schmidt's family/close friends, and rudyZ owning a Colton Schmidt jersey would be weird, but you fit the criteria._________________

This might be one of the first shocks of the list, but again - it's not ranking all the players ahead of him as better players - just ones more likely to make a contribution. Seeing as the first time around, Josh Johnson was released in favor of Scott Tolzien, and seeing as we're likely to keep only 2 QBs on the 53-man squad, it seems like a safe bet that Josh Johnson won't find his way onto the squad (Kaep's a duh, and Gabbert's contract is already guaranteed). Even if the team decided to go with 3, I'd have to imagine if they were more intrigued by Tolzien's potential over Johnson, they'd be more intrigued by McLeod Bethel-Thompson's as well. His one opportunity might be if Kaepernick went down with a preseason injury of any kind (knocking hard on wood), and the team wanted a veteran to be on the roster while he recovered.

You're totally overlooking his value as a receiver...

Don't make me lower him to #89

Why are you still that mean to Colton Schmidt... I love the kid.

The weird thing is - when you said you had a Colton Schmidt jersey, I didn't think it was ridiculous. Anyone other than Colton Schmidt, Colton Schmidt's family/close friends, and rudyZ owning a Colton Schmidt jersey would be weird, but you fit the criteria.